KJV King James Version
Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
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Deuteronomy 4:16
Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
WEB World English Bible
Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
ASV American Standard Version
lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female—
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 4
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
פֶּ֨ן־H6435 · penlestתַּשְׁחִת֔וּןH7843 · sha.chatto ruinוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָכֶ֛םH9036 · khemyouפֶּ֖סֶלH6459 · pe.selidolתְּמוּנַ֣תH8544 · te.mu.nahlikenessכָּל־H3605 · kolallסָ֑מֶלH5566 · se.melidolתַּבְנִ֥יתH8403 · tav.nitpatternזָכָ֖רH2145 · za.kharmaleא֥וֹH176 · oorנְקֵבָֽה׃H5347 · ne.qe.vahfemale
Cross-references
Acts 17:29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:Romans 1:22-24Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,Exodus 20:4-5Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:Exodus 32:7And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]:Deuteronomy 4:8-9And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?Deuteronomy 4:25When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:John 4:24God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.Psalm 106:19-20They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.Acts 20:4-5And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.Isaiah 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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